New York, NY (Atlantic Records) - Custard/Atlantic recording artist
James Blunt brings his 'Back To Bedlam World Tour' back to North
America this fall for an extensive headlining concert tour that will hit 35 cities from coast to coast. Kicking off October 1st in Montreal, the seven-week itinerary is slated to wrap up on November 18th in Las Vegas. Among the highlights of the tour will be Blunt's debut performance at
Radio City
Music Hall in New York and the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. A limited amount of the best tickets for each show will be available via pre-sale on James' website www.jamesblunt.com. Pre-sale of tickets for New York will begin July 26th, with all other date on August 8th.
As on his previous U.S. tour, Blunt will be raising funds for Doctors Without Borders, the international medical humanitarian organization. At each venue, a personal, one-on-one after show meet and greet with James is being auctioned at the show's merchandise booth, with all proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). At just ten venues on his spring 2006 U.S. tour, over $35,000 was raised. Blunt personally witnessed the life-saving work of Doctors Without Borders while stationed with the British army in Kosovo, where he served as a reconnaissance officer with the Nato peacekeeping force. One of his songs, 'No Bravery', was written in the barracks in Kosovo in response to the genocide he had witnessed. Please visit www.doctorswithoutborders.org for more information.
In other Blunt news, August 8th will see the U.S. release of CHASING TIME: THE BEDLAM SESSIONS, a live concert DVD filmed at BBC Studios in London. For this special performance, James and his band were joined by a trio of backing vocalists and a string section. In addition to powerful renditions of every song from his acclaimed debut album, BACK TO BEDLAM, the performance ends with Blunt's frequent show-closer, a cover of the Pixies' 'Where Is My Mind'? Along with the concert, the DVD features over an hour of extras, including four video clips and 'making of the video' features, a documentary, an interview with James, and a photo gallery.
OCTOBER
1 Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
2 Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
3 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
5 Pittsburgh, PA - Palumbo Center
6 Philadelphia, PA - Tweeter Center
7 Providence, RI - Dunkin' Donuts Center
9 Wallingford, CT - Chevrolet Theatre
10 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
13 Washington, DC - Merriweather Post Pavilion
14 Charlotte, NC - Bobcats Arena
15 Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett Center
17 Louisville, KY - Palace Theatre
18 Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Center
19 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
20 Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
21 Champaign, IL - Assembly Hall
23 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
26 Kansas City, KS - Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall
28 Denver, CO - Magness Arena
29 Omaha, NE - Qwest Center
30 Minneapolis, MN - Northrop Auditorium
31 Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
NOVEMBER
2 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
3 Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
5 Vancouver, BC - GM Place
6 Seattle, WA - Everett Events Center
7 Portland, OR - Theater of the Clouds
9 Sacramento, CA - Sacramento Memorial Aud.
10 San Jose, CA - San Jose Event Center @ SJSU
11 Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre
12 Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre
14 San Diego, CA - Sports Arena
15 Universal City, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
17 Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
18 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint/Hard Rock
